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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Oneil Cruz hit a tie-breaking single in the eighth inning, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 1-0 win over the Cincinnati Reds to complete a three-game sweep. Pirates rookie Konnor Griffin doubled against Reds reliever Tony Santillan, setting up Cruz’s decisive hit. Gregory Soto earned the win in relief after a strong start by Braxton Ashcraft, who allowed just four hits over 7 2/3 innings. Cincinnati rookie Chase Burns matched Ashcraft, not allowing a run over seven-plus innings to lower his ERA to 2.20.

DORAL, Fla. (AP) — The only person who gave Cameron Young any trouble on Sunday was Cameron Young. He called a one-stroke penalty on himself while playing the par 4 second hole, after he caused his ball to move in the fairway. And then he made par anyway. It was that sort of week: Young was unflappable and unbeatable. He went wire-to-wire alone on the lead at the Cadillac Championship, a final round of 4-under 68 getting him to 19 under for the week and six shots clear of world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler. President Donald Trump was watching. Scheffler finished second at 13 under.

Nine Washington/Greene County baseball teams are on the playoff bubble entering the season’s final two-game series Monday. Six teams from the two-county area already have playoff tickets in hand while four others have already been eliminated. Canon-McMillan and Fort Cherry have clinched section championships with Avella, Burgettstown, California and Charleroi already qualifying for the baseball playoffs. We’ll have a pair of games Monday on the WJPA Sports Network, both from EQT Park. Chartiers-Houston hosts California with the Bucs needing one win to clinch its 2A playoff berth. Airtime on WJPA-AM is 3:45 pm. Watch/Listen Here We’ll follow that with Wash High hosting Keystone Oaks. The Little Prexies need two wins or some help to make the 3A bracket. That game will be online starting at 6:45 pm. Both broadcasts include free-to-access audio & video. Here’s Monday’s baseball schedule and a breakdown of the playoff scenarios for each of the bubble teams along with the softball playoff status.

Baseball, Monday, May 4
5A Peters Township > South Fayette, 14-9
5A Trinity > Moon Area, 10-4
4A Ringgold > Laurel Highlands, 2-0
3A Seton-La Salle > McGuffey, 6-3
3A Waynesburg > Charleroi, 8-5
3A Keystone Oaks > Wash High, 10-1 Watch/Listen Here 
2A Frazier > Beth-Center, 6-1
2A Fort Cherry > Burgettstown, 11-6
2A California > Chartiers-Houston, 5-0 Watch/Listen Here 
1A Carmichaels > West Greene, 9-8
1A Jeff-Morgan > Jeannette, 6-1
1A Greensburg Central Catholic > Mapletown, 16-0 (5 inn.)

Baseball Playoff scenarios:
Section champions: Canon-McMillan, Fort Cherry
Clinched: Avella, Burgettstown, California, Charleroi
Eliminated: Bentworth (2A), Beth-Center (2A), Mapletown (1A), West Greene (1A)
Alive (9 teams):
5A Peters Township-clinch with two wins vs. South Fayette + one Upper St. Clair loss (Chartiers Valley), or with one win + two USC losses + one Trinity loss (Moon)
5A Trinity-clinch with two wins vs. Moon + one Upper St. Clair loss (Chartiers Valley), or with one win + two USC losses + one Peters Township loss (South Fayette).
4A Ringgold -clinch with one win vs. Laurel Highlands or with a Uniontown loss to Elizabeth-Forward.
3A McGuffey-clinch with two wins vs. Seton-La Salle + one loss by either Keystone Oaks (Wash High) or Waynesburg (Charleroi), or with one win + two losses by Waynesburg AND Keystone Oaks.
3A Wash High-clinch with two wins vs. Keystone Oaks, or with one win + two Waynesburg losses (Charleroi) + one McGuffey loss (Seton-La Salle)
3A Waynesburg-clinch with a win vs. Charleroi, or with a McGuffey loss (Seton-La Salle)
2A Chartiers-Houston-clinch with a win vs. California or a Frazier loss to Beth-Center
1A Carmichaels-clinch with a win vs. West Greene or two Jeannette losses to Jeff-Morgan
1A Jeff-Morgan-clinch with a win vs. Jeannette or with a Carmichaels loss to West Greene

Softball
Section champions: Bentworth, Carmichaels, Chartiers-Houston
Clinched: Beth-Center, Burgettstown, Canon-McMillan, Charleroi, Jeff-Morgan, McGuffey, Trinity, Wash High, West Greene
Eliminated: Avella (1A), California (2A), Fort Cherry (2A), Mapletown (1A), Peters Township 5A), Ringgold (4A), Waynesburg (2A)